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Makigami Koichi
Electric Eel

Album US 1998 on Tzadik label
Electronic, Jazz and Rock (Free Improvisation, Experimental, Avant-garde)

Dromb: Hungarian jaw harp made by Zoltan Szilagyi ET / Electric Trämpi: Instead of plucking with the fingers, the spring of a jaw harp is set vibrating by electromagnetic impulses to produce a continuous sound. The jaw harp is held up to the mouth in the usual way, but the right hand remains free to hold additional resonators up to the jaw harp itself (tubes, pots, etc). HTRR/Hydro-Trämpi-Tube-Resonator: The electromagnetically stimulated jaw harp (ET) is clamped to a tube and placed into a larger tube which is filled with water. The resonant space of the jaw harp is changed by lifting and lowering the inner tube so as to play lower pitches than can usually be produced with just the oral cavity. This resonator can also be used in conjunction with a jaw harp held normally over the mouth. Recorded at 1714 Studio, Japan January 29, 1998 and February 17, 1998 Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, NYC From an OBI-strip: An entire CD of compositions and improvisations on jaw harps! While studying Mongolian throat singing with masters in Tuva, Makigami became acquainted with and has now developed an incredible array of extended techniques on this ancient instrument. In collaboration with Swiss Maul Trommel virtuoso Anton Brühin, they have created a CD of sounds never heard before, featuring the premiere of Brühin's bizarre creations the ELECTRIC JAW HARP and WATER JAW HARP.

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	Makigami Koichi voc, b, cor, jew's harp, electric trämpi with unagi system, music by, voice, producer, recorded by, jew's harp, dromb, album by, trumpet, woodtrumpet
	Anton Bruhin h, *1949 CH jew's harp, electric trämpi with unagi system, music by, illustration, drawing, jew's harp, dromb
	Leo Tadagawa , jew's harp, dromb, mbira, ilimba

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